bashing seems to be the business

I'm from a small town in Ohio where, it seems to me, that all that goes on here is bashing others work. I'll go into a tat shop to get quotes and the first thing I hear is, "where the hell did you get that one done at?" like it is the worse tattoo they have ever seen. Now I know for a fact that mine look good, nice crisp lines, no fading what so ever, and all of my work has been done by very professional tattoo businesses. One in particular was a tribal peice I had done on my right arm by an artist at Debbie Lenz's shop Artistic Dermagraphics in Boardman, Ohio. It is as black as the day I got it, 10 YEARS AGO! I do understand that everyone has a different style, and most artist are good at his/her style, but I'll be goddamned if while I'm sittin your shop for a session that I want to hear the artist bashin on the rest of my work, especially when it looks good! Everyone in the general public likes my work, so why is it I have to hear, "I could've done that better" every time I go into a shop. Quit bashin peoples work and get on with your own work. I actually quit going to one artist because I sent my buddy there to get a quote on a half sleeve. He had done some time in the pen and got a few tats in there. He wanted to keep them because it reminded him of that time in his life. The owner of the shop was actually so big headed that he said he would not tattoo him because he did not want his work beside that shitty work he got done in the pen. I'm surprised he did not go back to the pen after that! Artists, quit bashin and start tatin.